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B-2 THE RECORD SPORTS SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1992 mm i TALK By John Brennan KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES: Guy Laflaur spent most of his National Hockey League career with the Montreal Canadiens, but his 7-year-old son is more interested in the latest hockey trend. "He just started playing organized hockey this week, and all he wants is San Jose Sharks equipment," Bays the Hall of Famer. "But they don't have any in Quebec. It's all sold out." CHARLES BARKS AGAIN: Charles Barkley isn't exactly repentant about that skirmish in Milwaukee a few weeks ago, SUPER BOWL: With apologies to John Gotti, the Bills win. The gambling godfather doesn't have to believe it (sorry, big guy), but Redskins will be Giants copycats, dominating time possession with their running game.

John Madden may adopt the Hogs after this one. Spot the seven points and take the under; Redskins, 27-17. COLLEGE BASKETBALL! St. John's has had some cess in Carrier Dome, but Redmen are reeling. Young coming off a road loss at Villanova, should be too much for Looie's struggling team.

Lay 4V4 points. Favorites worthy of covering are Arizona (-12) over Pittsburgh and Connecticut (-12V4) over Boston College. Underdogs who should bark are Providence (1) against Villanova, Arkansas (2V4) against Kentucky, Stan- ford (6) against UCLA, Virginia (11) against North Carolina, -and North Carolina State (12) against Florida State. PRO BASKETBALL: The Nets finally run into a team playing well the 76ers. Couple that with Philly's advantage of playing at home and the Nets are in trouble.

Give six points. The Knicks may not have much gas left in their tank after playing the go-go Warriors Friday night. Even so, here's a shaky nod against the homestanding Clippers. Grab 4V4 points. Favorites who should cover are Suns (-4V4) over Bullets and Nuggets (-1) over Timberwolves.

Underdogs worth consideration are Hornets (1V4) against Pacers and Rockets (12) against Bulls. aHf-" II. I us Willi I when he allegedly hit a fan who had been heckling him in a bar after a game. The Philadelphia 76ers forward was interviewed by Marv Albert on the Madison Square Garden Network following Wednesday's Knicks-76ers game. When Albert asked if the controversial All-Star regretted anything he'd done recently, Barkley replied: "Yeah, the guy in Milwaukee, I didn't hit him more than one time.

That's the only thing I regret. Just because we're in the limelight, we shouldn't have to take a lot of crap off people. I mean, I think, yeah you have to walk away, follows you two blocks for all ASSOCIATED PRESS to overcome a learning disability school children In his hometown. CHARLES BARKLEY the controversy this has caused, one time." but if a guy IGASLRl MARK SCHLERETH WASHINGTON REDSKINS GUARD NFL SUPER I0WI Sniif HOOPS, ITALIAN STYLE: Through mid-January, former Seton Hall star Anthony Avent was averaging 13.1 points per game with Phonola Caserta of the Italian League. Other Americans of local interest playing in Italy include BUI Wennlngton (St.

John's), Knorr Bologna, 10.5 points; Darryl Dawklns (Nets), Philips Milano, 14.2; Reggie Theus (Nets), Ranger Varese, 29.1; Eddie Lee Wllklna (Knicks), Ranger Varese, 20.2; Bob McAdoo (Knicks), Filanto Forli, 27.1; and Pete Myers (Nets, Knicks), Mangiaebevi Bologna, 17.8. ONE-LINERS: Mahwah is on the "What's Hot" list in the February issue of Tennis magazine, with Flushing Meadow its "What's Not" counterpart. The newly independent republic of Croatia has been accepted as a provisional member nation of the International Tennis Federation. That will enable Top 20 players Goran Ivaneaevlc and Goran Prplc to play in the Summer Olym- pics at Barcelona. Florida State sophomore Charlie Ward, who might start at quarterback for the Seminoles next season, is averaging 7.8 points and 3.3 steals a game as a guard on the basketball team.

FALLING FORTUNES: Adam Keefe, the top basketball nlmm firtw O.A4-l..vai1rA4 CranfrwI nmnt VtnnrrAA tiimninff loot Redskins' Mark Schlereth had and now works with grammar Washington Redskins guard Mark Schlereth, the first Alaskan to play in the National Football League, was named to the Pro Bowl for the first time this season. What was It like growing up In Alaska? There's not a whole lot of Alaska to see. I mean, it's very beautiful. You've got a couple of cities, and you've got mountains and glaciers and the rest of it is frozen, barren wasteland. Tundra.

I've seen pretty much most of it. Why did you select the University of Idaho over Hawaii, which also offered you a scholarship? The weather was too nice in Hawaii for me to go there. I'm used to crummy weather, changing seasons. How Important la the "Hogs" reputation to the success of the Redskins offensive line? It's a camaraderie factor. We get respect for the name, and we work hard to stay together.

There's a natural bond. After I played well my first year, I became an official Hog. There was no ceremony. I guess we did go out one night and get a little bit "indoctrinated," but it's really an unspoken thing. You didn't realize as a spring, something Cardinal coach at DePaul 22 SI.

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al Kansas 12 Nebraska Southern Cal 2 at California let bother him. "My only concern was that UCLA coach Jim Harrlck or USC coach George Raveling, or one of those guys, would go lengthen the cord," Montgomery said. A CUT ABOVE: Delon Sanders says the people of Atlanta want good-looking hair, and that he's the man to give it to them. -u Deion's Hair Design is scheduled to open today in a trendy Atlanta neighborhood. Sanders Falcons teammate Jamie Dukes.

"Everyone loves to look good, and you can't look good without your hair looking good," says Sanders, who plays for the Falcons and Braves. SAT. SUN. MON. Jan.

25 Jan. 26 Jan. 27 A feast of pregame programming (TH 0ET I I I MONT I I DET RUt .7:30 7:30 7:30 5evu SCA SC SC MS.J. L.A. 10:30 10:30 MSG MSG jfkta PITT PITT 7:30 ygjQP.

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28 Jan. 29 Jan. 30 Jan. 31 Bowling Sacramento Open, 2 p.m., Ch. 7 Golf Senior Skins Game, 3:30 p.m., Ch.7 Soccer United States vs.

Russia, 5 p.m., SCA Sports shows NBA Inside Stuff, noon, Ch. 4 Sports Saturday. 1 p.m., Ch. 2 Super Bowl Saturday Night, 8 p.m., TNT US. Olympic Gold, 10:20 p.m., TBS SUNDAY Pro football Super Bowl XXVI: Washington Redskins vs.

Buffalo Bills In Minneapolis, 6 p.m., Ch. 2, WFAN 660 Pro basketball Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics, noon, Ch. 4 College basketball Ohio State at Seton Hall, noon, Ch.2 Rutgers at Rhode Island, 4:30 p.m., MSG, WPAT 930, WCTC 1450 Golf Senior Skins Game, 1:30 p.m., Ch.7 Boxing Eddie Cook vs. Lulgl Camputaro. bantamweights, 9:30 p.m., E8PN Sports shows Olympic Winterfest, 2 p.m., Ch.

2 NBA Inside Stuff, 3 p.m., Ch. 4 Super Bowl Today, 3:30 p.m., Ch. 2 child that you had dyslexia, an Impairment of the ability to read. What effect did It have on your self-confidence In school? I remember telling the teacher I didn't want to get up and read, but he insisted. I mumbled a few words because I couldn't make things out, and the teacher told me to quit reading.

He told me to go sit down, that I was stupid. So, I put my head down, told myself that I was stupid, and sat down. My problem was that I couldn't focus on lines of words. I could pick out individual words, but the lines mixed together and nothing made any sense. It all became a jumbled-up mess, and I would get frustrated when I tried to read.

Growing up and basically being a non-reader, kids can be very cruel. How did you get through four years at Idaho? I could read; it's just that I was slow. I took the courses in which teachers said 85 percent of the grade would be on notes and 15 percent would be from the book. I knew that if I aced the notes part of it, I was going to get at least a B. I graduated with just under a 3.0 average, a 2.8 or 2.9.

tween Washington and Buffalo, with hosts Ron Jaworski and Allie Sherman, begins at 8 o'clock tonight. TNT also gets started a day early with a celebrity-studded "Super Bowl Saturday Night" special from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Sunday's edition of "The Sports Reporters" at 11 a.m. on ESPN will focus on the big game, followed by "NFL GameDay: Su-per Bowl Edition" at noon. SportsChannel America jumps in at 1 p.m., an odd time for "Super Bowl Breakfast 1992." The one-hour show features Philadelphia's Reggie White winning the Bart Starr Award for outstanding mor Now enjoying his athletic director duties at Roxbury High School in Morris County, Cavo forever will be remembered for his Rutherford teams of the Eighties that couldn't get by Harrison in the State tournament.

He guided the Bulldogs to 192 wins in 10 seasons his last was 1986-87 but never defeated the Blue Tide in the postseason. Although Rutherford was 64-15 during Cavo's last three seasons, Harrison twice eliminated the Bulldogs in the Group 2, Section 1 playoffs. "Not one sectional title all because of Harrison," Cavo says. "That's hard to put behind you." Cavo, 38, put coaching behind him when an expanding family forced him to relocate from Hawthorne to Mount Arlington. He has two daughters Jennifer, 11, and Regina, 8 and a son, Andrew, 7.

Cavo missed the only game of his career in 1985 when Andrew was born during the Bergen County tournament and Rutherford defeated Waldwick by two TV ffflTiS Shaded boxes Indicate home games. Copyright 1992 Sports Features Syndfcale, he." Channel 4, following the Detroit-Boston game. Islanders greats Mike Bossy and Denis Potyin share the spotlight in "Crowning Glory," a one-hour special that premieres at 9 p.m. Monday on, SportsChannel. Game 7 of the 1952 World Series between the Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers is the subject of "Baseball's Greatest Games" at 7 p.m.

Monday on SportsChannel. Red Barber and Mel Allen are the-announcers. Phil Rizzuto, Hall of Famer Tom Seaver, and Bobby Murcer will be back behind the WPDC mike for the Baseball fanatic Jonathan Schwartz bucks the Super Bowl trend on his WNEW-AM radio' talk show when he replays an interview with Vin Scully from 11 a.m. to noon Sunday. Cavo still follows the progress of the Rutherford girls team through newspapers and phone calls from his former players.

Jodi a scorer who earned a scholarship to Florida State, is a frequent caller. "Most of my players still live in or near Rutherford," says Cavo. "I still talk to kids like Jodi, Lisa Kelly, and Marty Ann Sutphin. Last year I saw a lot of them when I drove down and saw the girls team beat Harrison right around Christmas time." Cavo still runs into his Bergen County coaching buddies. "My girls coach, Frank Dekmar, runs a camp at Centenary College and Waldwick's Bob Klie-and Pascack Valley's Jeff Jaspeit-do some instructing." Roxbury competes in the Iron Hills Conference and Cavo says at least six of the 10 girls teams in the'; Iron Division challenge for the ti- tie each season.

1 "It's interesting," he says. "Not like the Rutherford-Harrison" days." By John Brennan Record Staff Writer Sure, there's a football game Sunday night. But that's only a small part of the hoopla that will be blanketing the television this weekend. Here's a rundown of some of the Super Bowl-related shows. At 3 p.m.

today, NBC has the "Road to the Super Bowl," a one-hour retrospective of the season produced by NFL Films. The special, highlighted by lively sound bites from National Football League coaches wearing microphones on the sidelines, profiles most of the playoff teams. ESPN again will run its 30-minute highlight, shows of the past 25 Super Bowls, today from 4:30 to 6 p.m. and 8:30 to 10 p.m., and Sunday from 1 to 2 a.m., 2:30 to 10 a.m., and 2 to 6 p.m. A preview of Super Bowl XXVI be- Krl'S WTSIiS-liE BOBCAVO FORMER RUTHERFORD GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH By Barry Gramlich Record Staff Writer One of the most successful girls basketball coaches in Bergen County history recently ran into one of the most successful in Hudson County.

The Hudson coach, Harrison's Jack Rodgers, is still coaching. Rutherford's Bob Cavo is not. "Jack might think he's the reason I got out," says Cavo. "When I saw him, he said, 'You must have hated But like I told my kids, Harrison was the opponent, not the enemy." al character. CBS, which is showing the game, begins its 2v4-hour pregame show at 3:30 p.m.

Among the dozens of vignettes will be an interview with former Super Bowl hero Doug Williams, a segment on football gambling in Las Vegas, and a joint interview with quarterbacks Jim Kelly and Mark Ry-pien. Finally, at 6:18 p.m, either Chip Lohmiller or Brad Daluiso will make the opening kickoff. CHANGING CHANNELS ABC is touting its own "bills and skins" match this weekend the big-money "Senior Skins Game" on at 3:30 p.m. today and 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

The players are Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, and Chi Chi Rodriguez. Magic Johnson is the guest on a special edition of "NBA Inside Stuff at 3:30 p.m. Sunday on BOBCAVO Roxbury athletic director points. Before becoming athletic director at Roxbury, Cavo was acting vice principal at Voorhees (1887-89) and Mount Olive (1989-91). He is Roxbury's district supervisor for health and physical education.

SATURDAY Pro basketball Nets at Philadelphia 76ers, 730 p.m., WNEW 1130; delayed telecast, 8 p.m., Ch. 9 Knicks at Los Angeles Clippers, 10:30 p.m., MSG, WFAN 660 College basketball George Washington at West Virgin-la, noon, MSG Northern Iowa at Bradley, noon, SCA Clemson at Maryland, 12:30 p.m., ESPN Kent State at Bowling Green, 2. p.m., SCA Kansas State at Iowa State, 2 p.m., MSG Wake Forest at Duke, 2 p.m., Ch. 2 Georgia Tech at Louisville, 2:30 p.m., ESPN Fordham at Holy Cross, 3 p.m., WFUV-FM 90.7 St. John's at Syracuse, 4 p.m., Ch.2 Nebraska at Kansas, 4 p.m., MSG Virginia at North Carolina, 4 p.m., Ch.

4 UCLA at Stanford, 6 p.m., M8Q Colorado at Missouri, 8 p.m., MSG Women's basketball Rutgers at Texas, 7:30 p.m., WRSU 88.7 Hockey Pittsburgh Penguins at Islanders, 2 p.m., SC Detroit Red Wings at Devils, 7:30 p.m.. SCA, WABC 770 Tennis Australian Open, men's final: Stefan Edberg vs. Jim Courier, 10 p.m., ESPN.